Planet ISKCON

Answer Podcast

The post Is remembering Krishna the highest service and all other services are for those who can’t remember him constantly? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

(Kadamba Kanana Swami, 14 July 2018, Fruska-Goranga Camp, Serbia, Youth Q & A)

When is the perfect time to take initiation from one’s spiritual master?

I do not know if there is a perfect time for someone to take initiation. I compare it to jumping into a pool. You know, first you put your toes in and go, “I don’t know. This is too cold for me. I’m not ready to go in there.” But then you start to think, “No, come on now. Jump! Jump! Jump!” And at some point, you finally have to jump! Before you take initiation, you must be able to for at least for some time, follow the the four regulative principles and chant a minimum of 16 rounds, both of which you are going to promise to the spiritual master. If you have been able to follow these rules for some time, then that is a good beginning.

A crucial thing that needs to exist is a relationship with the spiritual master; some sense of friendship, some sense of faith, some trust. Otherwise, it is going to be very difficult to keep your vows because you are going to need that relationship with your spiritual master somewhere along the way. We may take initiation, but it tends to get difficult after some time. However, if there is a friendly relationship with the spiritual master, it will save you in the long run.

The story of Giriraja Maharaja is very relevant here. He was explaining how he was in Mumbai, fighting with lawyers in that court case over the temple against Mr Nair. One day, Mr Nair sent a prostitute to seduce Giriraja. Giriraja was in the car and suddenly this lady came and sat up against him in the back seat of the car. It was too much for him and he said it himself that his mind was thinking, “I’m going to fall down. This is it. Today, I will fall back down!” But then he began thinking, “No! Prabhupada will be so disappointed if he hears about such a thing. I cannot fall down. I will control myself.” It was Giriraja’s relationship with Prabhupada that saved him. So I think before taking initiation, besides following everything, there has to be some close relationship with the spiritual master because it will help you progress when it is going to get difficult later on. 

For example, even after getting married, there is a risk that you can get attracted to someone else. We are human and it is not necessarily betrayal, but it happens. This is a part of life. But then you have developed the strength to cut it out and say, “No! I am faithful to my wife. I am not going to do this.” This is not going to be the easiest thing to do but a close relationship with your wife would assist. Similarly, if you have a spiritual master who you trust, who is your supporter, then you can open up to him. You can express to him, “Look, this is what is going on with me right now.” Then, by his support, you can persevere through the difficult times. But if you are hiding it from him and trying to deal with it all on your own, it is going to be more difficult and it also goes to show that you do not trust your spiritual master. So when you realise that you have such a close relationship with a spiritual master through which you can be saved, that is an indication for when it may be the right time to take initiation!

The article " Q&A with KKS: When is the perfect time to take initiation? " was published on KKSBlog.

[Congregation program at Edison, New Jersey, USA]

Podcast

 

Podcast Summary

 

Video:

The post The truth that warms the heart influences more than the truth that lights the way appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

[Congregation program at Edison, New Jersey, USA]

Podcast

 

Podcast Summary

 

Video:

The post The home as the decentralized transmitter of devotional culture appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

[Corporate program at Summit-Works, South Plain Fields, New Jersey, USA]

Podcast

 

Podcast Summary

 

Video:

The post Rise from being full of thoughts to being thoughtful – 4 reflections appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

Forgiveness Workshop (video)
“Forgiveness Workshop” - This Workshop was given by His Grace Mahatma Prabhu in London.

Read More...

Padayatra from Noida arrives in Vrindavana (Album of photos)
World Holy Name Festival Special Noida-Vrindavan Padayatra which ...

Deepening Our Relationship with Prabhupada (video)
How we should cultivate our relationship with Srila Prabhupada. Iskcon is a vehicle to spread Prabhupada’s instructions. How we should be tolerant to other organizations that have the same mission as to spread Prabhupada’s instructions.

Swami B.A. Ashrama: “Writing,” Laurence Sterne has his hero Tristram Shandy write, “is but another name for conversation.”

About 90 devotees, leaders from the European Yatras, are currently meeting in New Vraja Dhama, Hungary, for discussing plans about improving their Krishna conscious preaching missions in their respective countries. Several subject matters are being discussed pertaining to preaching. The following are some of the highlights: - 'Bridge Preaching' - What did Srila Prabhupada have to say about it? What positives does bridge preaching bring for ISKCON? Are there any negatives that bridge preaching might bring? What does the future hold for ISKCON with regards to bridge preaching? - 'ISKCON Membership' - What shape should it take? What should the criteria be for membership? What obligations should there be for members? What obligations should ISKCON have toward its members? - '2nd generation devotees initiating in the presence of their initiating spiritual master'- What is the current GBC position regarding 2nd generation gurus? What impact does the current position have with regards to ISKCON's preaching and expansion? Why has that position changed? What does the future hold for ISKCON with regards to '2nd generation gurus'? The meetings are conducted with the help of the ELM organization team (Citraraupini dd, Mahaprabhu das, Madayanti dasi and Praghosa das)

Who is Srimati Radharani - Radhasthami Festival with HH Sacinandana Swami and HH Krishna Kshetra Swami in ISKCON Ljubljana, Slovenia

Natya Nectar to Deliver Gita Wisdom in Huge Cirque du Soleil-Style Show.
Through a massive Cirque du Soleil-style theatrical show, performing arts company Natya Nectar is set to deliver the wisdom of the Bhagavad-gita to audiences across India – before going to Broadway in New York and beyond. Founded by Goura Prema Riggan, a second-generation devotee, Natya Nectar is a Delhi-based professional dance company that has found considerable success in India. The group has appeared on India’s Got Talent, performed at Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s 70th birthday party, and opened for American music star Lady Gaga.
To read the entire article please click here: https://goo.gl/occTLt

First Monthly Sankirtan festival took place in NY (Album of photos)
Bhaktine Diana: It was extremely successful! Around 65 devotees went out on Sankirtan and the most important fact that we felt like one family (at least me). And everybody had his or her personal experience of the mercy of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu!
I had a funny experience. I was waiving to everybody looking for a ripe fruit and then saw this big black car stopped on the red light and waved to gentlemen inside. For my big surprise, he waved me back and I decided to approach him. I asked where they were from? “Afghanistan !”- said four people inside the car with great enthusiasm, -“I love Afghanistan !” I said, then I handed Krishna book to one of them and using Gurudeva’s templet asked for a donation. “Whatever you can give from your heart”, “I can’t afford what I want to give from my heart”, “just try to keep it under one million “,- he started laughing and gave me $50. This is the second story in my Sankirtan experience when people give such a huge donation for a book. Last year one gentleman gave me $100 for Bhagavad Gita
Power and mercy of Lord Caitanya are unlimited and unpredictable.
Thank you, dear Gurudeva, for keeping us under Your expert guidance!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental book distribution!
All glories to Guru Maharaja and all the Sankirtan devotees!
Find them here: https://goo.gl/ALr2bB

By Sri Ramadasa

We are unabashedly ecstatic to announce that the Bhadra Campaign has launched in India with a resounding success this year! The full moon of good fortune rose on Bhadra Purnima, which was on 24-25 September 2018, *with 4485 sets of Srimad Bhagavatam* being donated to homes, offices, schools, libraries, prisons, and hospitals located across India. Devotees even distributed sets of Srimad Bhagavatam to eminent personalities and current gurus of other Vaishnava Sampradayas in India to enhance the glory of Srila Prabhupada. BBT India will soon send special certificates of appreciation to all the participating temples to recognize their sincere contribution to this campaign. Continue reading "The Full Moon of Good Fortune
→ Dandavats"

By Vijaya Dasa

An interesting thing happened in the USA: Paramesvara Prabhu distributed 280 Arabic books in August. That's about ten Arabic books a day. Amazing! Another interesting score is one that Lord Krsna will be especially pleased by: the No. 2 temple in the world in August was Vrindavan, the village of Krsna's appearance. The devotees did 21,155 book points. They distribute large numbers of books right at the temple, and there is also a traveling book distribution team. I'm sure that Krsna is very pleased with His devotees at the Krishna-Balaram temple. Continue reading "WSN August 2018 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
→ Dandavats"

NEW VRINDABAN DAYS

As New Vrindaban enters its 50th anniversary (1968 to 2018), I wrote this series of articles for the Brijabasi Spirit in an attempt to give the reader not only an “understanding,” but more importantly a “taste,” of what life in early New Vrindaban was like – through the stories of one devotee’s personal journey.

The title of the series, “New Vrindaban Days,” is in tribute to the wonderful book “Vrindaban Days: Memories of an Indian Holy Town” written by Howard Wheeler, Hayagriva Dasa. He was one of Srila Prabhupada’s first disciples, a co-founder of New Vrindaban, and, a great writer. As with Hayagriva’s book, this series focuses on a period of time in the 1970’s.

I would also like to acknowledge and thank Chaitanya Mangala Dasa, for spending untold hours assisting me in refining my writing for your reading pleasure.

I have been asked to describe certain aspects of early New Vrindaban Community life such as the nature of the austerities, what it was like for a new person coming here, cooking, anecdotes about particular devotees, etc.

I attempt to tell these stories in some semblance of a chronological order, beginning with my first meeting with devotees in 1968, leading to my arrival in New Vrindaban in late 1973 and carrying through to the official opening of Srila Prabhupada’s Palace in 1979.

This article describes my experience of what day to day meals were like during the first few years I lived in New Vrindaban.

Advaitacharya Dasa

CHAPTER SEVEN: PRASADAM 

Prologue: In January of 1974 I arrive in New Vrindaban thirteen pounds over my street fighting weight of one hundred fifty five pounds. One hundred sixty eight pounds is heavier than I have ever been in my life.

BREAKFAST

The idea of Krishna Consciousness is that a devotee should always think about Krishna, serve Krishna, hear about Krishna, and talk about Krishna, etc. Talking about Krishna is called “Krishna Katha.” In New Vrindaban Krishna Katha has stiff competition with “Prasadam Katha.”

Starting Monday morning the principal subject amongst the devotees are the preparations that were served at the Sunday feast one day earlier. Over the next three days each preparation is discussed in terms of its quality, its quantity, its look, it’s texture, its smell, what it may have reminded you of, when you last had that dish, whether or not is was as good as the last time you had it, etc. These conversations go on until around Thursday when the entire topic of discussion changes. Then, instead of talking about the preparations of the previous Sunday feast conversation quickly swings to discussion of what preparations could possibly be served to Krishna the following Sunday. It is a seemingly endless cycle.

I would like to say that everything in New Vrindaban revolves around Krishna, devotional service, or even Srila Prabhupada’s Palace, but truth be told all of those valuable jewels hang upon the sacred thread of Krishna Prasadam. To understand that one must have a picture of how the devotees are living.

Most devotees rise between 2:30 and 3:00 AM trying to keep up with Kirtanananda Swami who is always in the temple chanting early. Some devotees chant in the temple room and some chant in the Prasadam room where their minds are already transfixed not upon the Holy Name but instead upon Yamini Devi Dasi. It is Yamini who, during the morning program, has the service of dividing up the Maha Prasadam from the day before and putting small portions into steel bowls that are set on the floor in the far corner of the room. The bowls are the individual stainless steel bowls that have been assigned to each devotee and are identified by a red number that is painted on the side. New Vrindaban legend has it that the Swami purchased these bowls at an auction when the local prison closed.

Devotees pace back and forth chanting, hand in bead bag, from one end of the room to the other, where their bowls are being doled out. Instead of a fixed meditation on the sound of Krishna’s name, the more neophyte devotees like me are meditating instead upon what Yamini may or may not have put into our bowl.

Meditation upon your morning Maha quota is predicated by the fact that other than the Maha she has given you, the breakfast you will be served is no more than a bowl full of clumpy oatmeal served without anything but hot skimmed milk. I would be criminal if I did not mention that you were allowed more than one bowl if you wanted, but in reality there was really no reason you would want any more than one bowl of this breakfast delight.

Trying to improve breakfast, a few variations are tried over time. The two that stand out in my memory both involve horses. And, unfortunately it is not because I am at the time a horse driver. Thinking along the lines of creating a dry granola, the cooks try a mixture of different grains. Although it may sound like items one might indeed find in granola, those used are of the grade meant to feed the horses. After they have been ground and dry roasted in a wok, a minimal amount of sweetener is added. Regrettably, the sweetener also happens to be cheap corn syrup, normally used for the cows.

Each devotee is served a ladle full of the dry blend and then hot milk is poured over the mix. One might think the milk would be soaked up by the grains and one would have a nice bowl of hot granola. If one were to think that, they would be wrong. Instead of soaking up the milk the grain sits at the bottom of the bowl not absorbing any milk at all. We suffer through this attempt at an improved breakfast for months before we go back to the oatmeal.

Unlike devotees at most temples who dread Ekadasi, we at New Vrindaban welcome it. Although there are no grains or beans served the New Vrindaban Ekadasi breakfast consists of tapioca. It is a pleasure we look forward to until they no longer allow the tapioca to be sweetened with sugar. This prompts the brahmachari Garga Rsi, who is called on to cook the Ekadasi breakfast, to try sweetening the tapioca one morning by digging into a fifty gallon barrel of horse molasses hidden away in the upper level of the cow barn. The barrel has been in the barn from before the devotees bought this property. Molasses has eaten through parts of the bottom of the barrel and it is slowly making its way out onto the barn floor. Another failure.

Finally, the breakfast dilemma is solved when Bhakta Mark (soon to be Madhava Ghosh), reads an article about chain gangs in the south being able to increase their work output by eating “oat water.” The idea is that the oats are soaked over a period of time and the nutrients seep into the water and is then taken without eating the actual oats. The Swami is intrigued and he assigns one of the community’s best cooks, Sudhanu, to come up with a suitable recipe. Sudhanu’s variation has the oats cooked with a large quantity of water until they are completely dissolved and became more like gravy. The preparation is flavored with a bit of ghee, raisins, salt, pepper, and fresh ginger root. Many of the devotees hate it. I love it. For the next couple of decades oat water is served for breakfast along with white rice.

LUNCH

In the winter, New Vrindaban is a frozen mud puddle. Several times over the years Srila Prabhupada referred to the residents as “inmates.” Trudging through the snow in mud covered winter clothing, smelling like the cows and horses we tend to, one could mistake us for Siberian villagers around the turn of the century. We are weather hardened. We are gaunt. We are willingly, if not begrudgingly, living lives of complete austerity. There is no sense gratification to be had.

I approach the front porch of the temple to find Samba, an devotee who works construction and has become a friend and someone I look up, to sitting in the dark. Taking a seat next to him I ask how he is doing. His response sums up the story of every New Vrindaban inmate.
Samba reflectively mumbles, “I’m freezing when I wake up, I’m freezing when I go to the temple, I’m freezing when I go out to work, I’m freezing when I sit down to eat, and I’m freezing when I come back to my room, and I’m freezing when I go back to bed.”

These descriptions are not the exception – they are the norm. When lunchtime rolls around the devotees file into the Prasadam room and take their places sitting on the floor accompanied by their stainless steel prison bowls and plates. The first server comes around and serves every devotee eleven chapatis. These are not the tender, soft, steaming chapatis lightly smeared with a bit of butter that you may imagine. These chapatis are made of coarsely ground wheat berries donated by the family of Bhakta Mark. They are hard and dry. The only reason anyone could possibly want eleven of these Frisbee like crispy, thin, discs is the fact that the only other thing you will be getting served at this meal is a bowl of “dahl.”

Those familiar with Indian cuisine are aware of the fact that there are many different varieties of dahl beans, all of which are very high in protein. The beans we are eating are not very high in protein. In fact they contain no protein at all because although the dish we are being served is called “dahl” by the devotees, it is in reality no more than a watery broth colored with turmeric with a few pieces of cubed potato and cumin seeds floating in it. We are welcome to have as many bowls as we desire. That is it. No rice. No subji. Chapatis and dahl, make up our entire lunch menu.

On one winter’s day I sit on the cold floor of the Prasadam room pondering my eleven chapatis when Garga Rsi comes walking past me carrying a can of “Bag Balm.” Bag Balm is a salve used to treat skin lesions on the milk bags of cows. Due to poor foot wear, and extreme weather, Garga Rsi has cracks in his feet which rival the ravines of the Grand Canyon. Before I even get the chance to fully digest Garga Rsi’s intention for the bag balm my attention is drawn to the other side of the room.

Mahara Dasi, a vibrant transplant from the New York temple who has recently married Taru das, comes around a corner scurrying guiltily across the Prasadam room. In her arms she clutches a large brown paper bag. Trailing behind her is the pregnant Visvadhika Dasi who also joined in New York City and is married to community poet, Vahna das. Visvadhika is upset and crying after Mahara; “Prabhu. It’s not fair. Why does Taru get so many chapatis? It’s not fair.”

Visvadhika is upset at the fact that Mahara is carrying a bag full of 40 chapatis that have been set aside for New Vrindaban’s “Prasadam Addict” Taru, who happens to have a chapati quota four times greater than any other devotee. To elaborate on the stories that surround Taru could take an entire book. For those wishing to hear some of those stories I recommend looking up “Confessions of a Prasadam Addict,” written by Taru, and which can be found in the Brijabasi Spirit.

The best part of lunch Prasadam is the rousing kirtan right there in the Prasadam room every day before going back to work. We are starving. We are freezing. Our clothes are covered in caked on mud. We smell like cows. Nonetheless the camaraderie and sense of family swells as we chant and dance ecstatically to kirtans led by devotees like Amburish Das, Cirantana Das, Kuladri Das, Garga Rsi Das, and Taru Das.

DINNER

This will not require much of a description. In the evenings the devotees are served salted popcorn without butter and skimmed milk.

PRASADAM ADDICTION

A consequence of this austere diet is that devotees from all walks of community life are often plotting ways to get their hands on Prasadam, by hook or by crook. The night guards spend hours hiding and watching the road for passerby’s that often fire shots at the temple. But, when there are no cars coming they can be found prowling local hiding spots hoping to find stashes of leftover feast Prasadam previously hidden by other devotees.

On one such night Bhakta Mark and myself, while searching a cave for a possible sweet rice stash, are alerted to the fact that a carful of drunks have come right into the center of the patio and have picked up the night guard rifles that they have irresponsibly left on the front porch. We have to sliver down the hill while in the darkness of night to convince the drunken invaders to give back the rifles while the rest of the community sleeps unknowingly.

Each year, on the night of Lord Balarama’s Rasa Lila dance, the community prepares ten gallons of sweet rice, which they carry out into the woods and leave under the moon light for the pleasure of Lord Balarama. This tradition goes by the road side when the devotees that milk the cows sneak out into the forest early in the morning and steal the entire ten gallons.

Some devotees are found to have scrape marks on the backs of their hands from where they have tried to slide their hands past nails which have been set up as booby traps to guard the Maha Prasadam.

Some brahmacharis have even been married after they were caught stealing Maha.
None of the devotees are immune. On one occasion I sit in the Prasadam room chanting with Radhanath Das brahmachari, who chants the entire duration of each night sitting on the floor of the Prasadam room in Bahulaban as a form of night guard. While we are chanting we are slowly joined by some of the community’s senior devotees like Kuladri, Taru, Sudhanu, and Garga Rsi. While the entire community sleeps the six of us chant together until in an ecstatic frenzy a few of us stand and begin dancing around Radhanath.

As the chanting and dancing go on ecstatically two of the above mentioned devotees still chanting and dancing make their way to the door of the closet, which is designated as the current Maha cabinet. Without missing a beat I see that they have a system which they have rigged the locked door in a way that they can completely remove it from its hinges. Passing the door off to the side they begin removing tray after tray of Maha Prasadam from the cabinet and in a smiling, laughing, chanting and dancing frenzy we all begin to devour the contents.

For the clarification of his disciples, if I remember correctly, Radhanath Das brahmachari, later to become Radhanath Swami, did not partake…if I remember correctly.

As you may recall, I arrived in New Vrindaban thirteen pounds over my street fighting weight of one hundred fifty five pounds. One hundred sixty eight pounds is heavier than I have ever been in my life.

Epilogue: After my first year in New Vrindaban I make a trip back to NYC and I weigh one hundred and eighteen pounds.

Did you miss any of the previous chapters? Click the links below to catch up:

Chapter 1: Every Journey Begins With a Single Step

Chapter 2: Srila Prabhupada – Jaya Radha Madhava

Chapter 3: Captured by the Beauty of Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra

Chapter 4: Fired Up – We Depend On Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra

Chapter 5: The New Vrindaban Landscape – January 1974

Chapter 6: In The Woods

Stay tuned for Chapter 8: Propaganda

By Iskcon Mayapur

Although brahmachari devotees have to undergo different types of austerity, tolerance and risk, this ashrama is very simple with less material problems. It’s easy to get spiritual bliss and finally go back home back to Godhead in this lifetime. So if you want to be free from complicated life, and quickly make your life a success, please take a vow and join the Brahmachari Ashram. Continue reading "Brahmachari Ashrama
→ Dandavats"

Answer Podcast

Transcription :

Transcribed by: Sudeep Naik

Question: How can we de-stress ourselves in today’s high-pressure work environment?

Answer: Everybody has pressure. Some environments have more pressure some less, but everybody has pressure. Often, if our job does not create pressure, our mind creates it. Just like people work throughout the week and in the weekend, they take a break to relax or rejuvenate. Similarly, we need a break from our mind. Our mind is constantly churning thoughts – do this, do that, what about this, what about that etc. If we can put the mind on silent mode like mobile phone, we can rejuvenate ourselves.

In different traditions, different methods are taught for taking break. Some people do deep breathing. Doing so they experience that by becoming conscious of breaths, they can break certain level of centering. Some people use breathing along with some affirmations – “there is a plan, everything will work out, I can face whatever comes in my life”. Different people use different affirmations, these affirmations make us feel positive. We chant a mantra, which is a spiritual affirmation. The mantra is Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare.

We all are units of finite consciousness (part) and there is an infinite consciousness (whole). We are parts of the whole. Hare, Krishna and Rama are different ways of addressing the whole. The mood of this mantra is that “O Part! Return to harmony with the Whole”.

When we are going by a flight, we are worried whether I will reach on time , whether I got my passport, whether I got my boarding pass etc. However, we do not worry, whether the pilot is drunk, whether plane has enough fuel etc. We know there is a complete system which will take care of that. We need to do our part, and then there is a system that takes care of the rest. The mantra is a spiritual affirmation that helps us to understand our relationship with the whole – O Part, do your part and the Whole will take care of the whole.
We find this mantra quite helpful, but all of us need to find out a way in which we can best rejuvenate any task. The key principle is that we need to distance ourselves from our mind to get a break. How most effectively that break can work out need to be found depending on what works best for us.

End of transcription.

The post How can we de-stress ourselves in today’s high-pressure work environment? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

Srila Prabhupada first set foot in the West more than fifty years ago, after a 35 day journey from Calcutta. The steamship, Jaladuta, arrived at Boston’s Commonwealth Pier at 5:30 am on September 17, 1965.

He reached Boston’s Commonwealth Pier in hopes of fulfilling the order of his spiritual master. It was here in Boston that he wrote “Markine Bhagavata Dharma” – “Teaching Krishna Consciousness in America”. 

Being a pure devotee of Sri Krishna, Srila Prabhupada prayed, “I wish that You may deliver them. Therefore, if You desire their deliverance, only then will they be able to understand Your message.”

Chant and be Still!
Ananda: There is a great connection between stillness and listening. “Don’t move” we say when we hear some noise around the house in the middle of the night. In yoga we hold the body still in order

Proper Hearing of Hari Katha (video)
HH Radhanath Swami describes how various celebrated devotees heard from Lord from the revealed scriptures bringing out the proper mood to be aspired for while hearing Hari Katha
Read More...

Bhakti Sangama Festival 2018 (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Krishna, one can be ...

Every Day is Festival in Lord Chaitanya’s movement! (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one somehow or other come in contact with the Hare Krishna movement, without consideration of his being a sudra, vaisya, Jagai, Madhai or even lower, he becomes advanced in spiritual consciousness and immediately develops love of Godhead. (Sri-Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, 8.21 Purport)
Find them here: https://goo.gl/cioyic

HG Urmila devi dasi - What Varna am I in? (video)
Modern day varnasrama.
Choosing our varna.
6 ways of being rich...

Students from the Hare Krishna School at Eungella, Australia, will travel to India to take part in a pilgrimage and mark the end of their school life.
On Thursday the students celebrated their graduation from the Hare Krishna School, becoming the first cohort of Year 12 graduates to do so.
“This is the only Hare Krishna school in Australia and the only Hare Krishna school in the Western world that goes up until Year 12,” said teacher Shyami Dasi.
"These are historic students for the first time to graduate with Year 12. We follow the Australian curriculum and the students are exposed to all of the academic requirements needed in order to meet the requirements of the HSC course.
Read more: https://goo.gl/b7aGaq

Deena Bandhu Das: Please join us in prayers! Just heard that a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, my Godbrother, Isa Das (left side of V...

Post object

Answer Podcast

The post Who or what is Krishna? appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

Podcast

The post Bhagavatam tenth canto study 55 -10.10.10-14 Narada curses not impulsively, but after deep reflection appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

Life with the cows (6 min video)
Malini is born in a Vaishnava family in Sweden. She speaks about her relationships and experiences with the cows at Almviks gård.

The five powerful practices in The Living Name, a new book by Sacinandana Swami, can enliven the chanting of the Holy Name and turn it into a dynamic and transformative experience.

The Sri Saraswat Gaudiya Vaishnava Sangha, a gathering of 55 Gaudiya Maths celebrated the 181^st Appearance day of Srila Sacchidanand Bhaktivinod Thakur at Surabhi Kunja, West Bengal, on Saturday September 22nd.

[Talk at Yoga Now studio, Chicago, USA]

Podcast

 

Podcast Summary

 

Video:

The post Understanding “emotions”, “negative emotions” and “overcoming negative emotions” appeared first on The Spiritual Scientist.

According to an Indian proverb, there’s nothing that a goat won’t eat and nothing that a madman won’t say.

A video by Simple for the Simple.

A video by ISKCON Desire Tree.

Preaching program at the Temple New Purushottama kshetra, ISKCON Dnipro Ukraine (Album of photos)
Srila Prabhupada: If one som...

My Spiritual Journey towards Krishna Consciousness | The Journey of Self Discovery | Mahajan Dasa (15 min video)

Bhakti Marga Maharaj - Lecture - 23-Sep-2018 at ISKCON PHILADELPHIA (video)

The devotees are chanting happily at Fontaine des Innocents during the recent Ratha Yatra Festival in Paris (3 min video)